Artest's 28 power Rockets

Ron Artest scored 10 of his 28 points in the second overtime and the Houston Rockets recovered from blowing a 16-point lead in the second half to beat the Utah Jazz.

Yao Ming had 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Houston (20-11), which led 59-43 early in the third quarter, then went 3-for-18 from the field in the fourth to fuel Utah's comeback.

Ronnie Brewer scored 23 and Deron Williams had 14 points and 11 assists for the Jazz (18-14), who played without their top three scorers and rebounders – Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur and Paul Millsap – for the second straight game.

SPURS 106, GRIZZLIES 103: Tony Parker scored 32 points, hitting two of San Antonio's three baskets in the second overtime, and Michael Finley blocked Memphis' last shot to give the San Antonio Spurs (20-10) the victory at home. Memphis (10-20) had a chance to send the game into a third overtime but Finley was able to swat a Rudy Gay shot from behind and the Spurs came away with the loose ball.

MAGIC 118, TIMBERWOLVES 94: Hedo Turkoglu scored 11 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter, and the visiting Orlando Magic slowly pulled away to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves. Rashard Lewis added 24 points, Jameer Nelson had 20 and Dwight Howard scored 17 for Orlando (24-6), which won its seventh straight and 11th in 12 games – all against the Western Conference. Rashad McCants scored 21 points for Minnesota (5-24), which has lost nine straight at home.

PISTONS 87, BUCKS 76: Tayshaun Prince scored nine of his 19 points in the decisive third quarter and Allen Iverson added 18, lifting the visiting Detroit Pistons to an 87-76 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. Rasheed Wallace had 16 points and 12 rebounds, and Rodney Stuckey added 16 points for Detroit (17-11). Andrew Bogut had 17 points and 10 rebounds for Milwaukee (14-17), which shot 30 percent and mainly rested its starters for the final 15 minutes after the game was decided. Michael Redd, the Bucks' leading scorer, had four points and missed 9-of-11 shots, including his last five.

WIZARDS 104, THUNDER 95: Antawn Jamison scored 29 points, Andray Blatche had 16 points and tied his career high with 15 rebounds, and the Washington Wizards beat the Oklahoma City Thunder (3-28) in a matchup of teams with the two worst records in the NBA. Host Washington (5-23) broke an eight-game losing streak, its longest since 2001. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, there had never been an NBA game matching teams that had played at least 25 games combining for worse records (7-50).